Who is Mandy Butler?

Mandy Butler is a Featured Performer and Teaching Artist at Dad's Garage Theatre and has been an active improviser in Nashville, Richmond, Atlanta, and Greenville.

She leads the improv program at Newberry College, where she is a tenured Associate Professor of Theatre & Speech and the Director of Performance.

She holds a BA in Theatre Performance from Georgia College & State University and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mandy has trained and performed with instructors from the Annoyance Theatre, BATS Improv, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, iO, and Steppenwolf West.

She has taught master classes at many improv festivals and studios, as well as at the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Mandy has served as both a regional and finals judge for the Chicago Improv Festival's College Tournament. Mandy specializes in applying the Meisner Technique to Longform Improvisation and earned her Meisner teacher certification through the True Acting Institute.